The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17
REPUBLICANS IN NEW YORK.
More About the NIorton-Hiscocix Com
bine'' and What It L. Doing to Har-
monize" the Party.


More About tho AIorton-Hiscock " Com
bine'' and What It II Doing to Har-
monize" the Party.
There is no gainsaying the genuine
ness of the Republicanism of Chautau-
qua County. Perhaps, on that very
account, it seems destined to occupy
q conspicuous place in certain political
crises. 1t played a prominent part in
the memorable Senatorial struggle of
1881. and decided the contest which was
lately brought to close. The deser-
ton of its two Assemblymen from the
Miller phalanx to the Morton-Hiscock
'combine," enabled the millionaire
banker to crafty his revenge on the
Herkimer statesman for his defeat two
years ago, and the Journal to get even
with him for knocking out another
millionaire banker in the Saratoga
convention in 1885. Messrs. Frost and
Horton, the Assemblymen in question.
represent constituencies that strongly
favored the reelection of Senator Mil
Ter. The jamestown Journal, the lead
ing Republican organ of Chautauqua
County, voices the sentiments of those
constituencies in the following sharp,
unmistakable language:
Chautauqua's representatives. are despised
by great many for the action they took Even
Morton and Hiscock supporters, while they pat
ted Messrs. Frost and Horton on the back, Sc
cretly thought less Of them for deserving the
man to whom they had pledged their support,
and ohautauqua County has not gained any
thing in good repute by the course pursued.
Why they voted as they did, the Journal
does not pretend to say. They were Miller mon
and they voted for Hiscock. differences can be
drawn to suit individual views = = Had Frost
and Horton held firm to their promise, Senator
Miller would have been renominated and they
were told this. Had they proved true, the
wishes Of their constituents would have been
fulfilled. 1t must be remembered both
pledged themselves to Senator Miller, and then
voted for Mr.. Hscock. Mr.. Frost was
almost an object Of pity Or Of scorn. Inde-
cisive, weak and faltering, his voice trembled
as time after time he voted for Miller, know.
ing that 1t would be his treachery that would
nominate Mr.. Hiscock. = The less said
about this matter the better for the party. The
Journal believes that Frost and Horton basely
betrayed their constituents, but their reasons
for the change can only be imagined.
: This is very unpleasant for the Chau-
tauqua Assemblymen. and adds new
interest to the peculiar tactics resorted
to by the "combine" to defeat Warner
Miller. Mr.. Frost and Mr.. Taylor, OF
Chenango, signed the iron-clad pledge
to support Mr.. Miller. Mr.. Horton,
although personally in favor of Mr..
Morton, declared for the Herkimer can
didate when the wishes of his constitu-
ents were explained to him. The con-
stituents of all three men are now try
ing to imagine the reasons for their re-
markable change of base at the most
critical moment. The impression is
gaining ground throughout the State
that the ''combine" was not such a
brilliant piece of strategy as it was rep.
resented at first, and that, instead Of
harmonizing factional differences, il
has aggravated them to an extent
which bodies i'll for the party in the fall.
The prospects for Morton men repre-.
senting Miller districts are not encour
aging. Constituencies are not apt tc
let pass with impunity such fragrant
disobedience of their declared wishes
on the part of their representatives al
Albany.
The 'scrambling about the corridors
was not without effect. 1t is not agree
able reading for Republicans in the Mil
Ter districts that their Senators and As
semblymen were delivered, like sc
much merchandise, to the man who
had the lowest number of votes, by the
''scrambling' candidate. Since ex
Alderman Duffy's graphic description
of the meetings that eliminated in tn,
Broadway railroad steal, there ha.
been no example of a combine Sc
bold in its operations and SO defined il
its opposition to public sentiment a.
that there effected. When, as ex
Senator Macarthur pithily expresses
it, Mr.. Morton delivered the goods,
he could not deliver the districts from
which the goods came at the sam,
time. The combine" may find tina
out at the next election. CSenato
Warner Miller is not likely to permi
himself to be chiselled out of what wa
his due by any "scrambling about tn,
corridors" without striking back
albany argus.